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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Modeling With UML</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect is a comprehensive UML analysis and design tool. It provides a library of UML data structures that you can use and extend to develop your models.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">UML Structures</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To explain how Enterprise Architect interprets the UML standards and specifications, Sparx Systems provides a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="whatisuml.htm">UML Dictionary</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> of diagrams, elements and connectors.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">You </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">create</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">your</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">projects</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">models</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="thestartpage.htm">Start Page</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> or </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="filemenu.htm">File Menu</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, which provide <a href="model_patterns.htm">templates</a> on which to base your models</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">You initially create your </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">packages</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">diagrams</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> using the <a href="workspacetoolbars.htm">Toolbars</a> and <a href="mainmenu.htm">Menus</a>, and the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">elements</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">connectors</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> using the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="objecttoolbar.htm">Toolbox</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">You can also create new structures through the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="projectexplorer.htm">Project Browser</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, and </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">re-use existing structures</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="projectexplorer.htm">Project Browser</a>, <a href="model_views.htm">Model Views</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">,</span><span class="f_UIControl"> <a href="reportview.htm">Element List</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="search_view.htm">Model Search</a>.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">UML Modeling With Enterprise Architect</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Modeling in Enterprise Architect is the process of graphically representing a business process or software system. The resulting model can be used to emphasize a certain aspect of the system being represented and to record and communicate its detail.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Building models requires the use of various UML data structures and Enterprise Architect tools, as above. A further extremely useful tool is the:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship Matrix</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, which enables you to visualize and amend the relationships and hence organization of structures within the model.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect also provides particular support for:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Requirements Management</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Modeling the business process</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, an essential part of any software development process.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can extend the scope of your models by </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">using</span><span class="f_BodyText">:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">UML Stereotypes</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Profiles</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Patterns</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, and</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For more information, see the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="uml.htm">Modeling With UML</a> </span><span class="f_BodyText">and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="extending_uml.htm">Extending UML</a> </span><span class="f_BodyText">topics</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">.</span></p>




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